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Paratuberculosis and Type I diabetes: is this the trigger?

C Thomas Dow1

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792, United States. ctdow@wisc.edu

Medical Hypotheses
|July 11, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Environmental exposure to Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP) in cow's milk may trigger Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in genetically susceptible individuals. This study presents evidence linking MAP to T1DM development.

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